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I’m sharing the Best Alfredo Sauce Recipe! Watch the video showing you how to make the best alfredo sauce recipe, then scroll to the bottom of this post and print out the recipe so you can make it at home!
Pasta is pretty darn boring by itself. As Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce says, “The sauce is the boss!” I have been eating pasta with store-bought alfredo sauce since I was a toddler. I recently realized how much junk is in it, so I decided to make my own!
Alfredo sauce is my favorite thing to put on pasta. I would choose it over any other sauce. I’ve tried many different kinds of alfredo sauce, and this is my absolute favorite.
It’s nice to be able to know every ingredient you are eating. The preservatives and chemicals that big companies put in the store-bought alfredo sauce are disgusting.
This. Is. So. Yummy. Normal fettuccine noodles with the Best Alfredo Sauce EVER!
Mix it with any kind of pasta. It’s so creamy and cheesy and delicious!
You can use this Best Alfredo Sauce Recipe for so many things. It’s fantastic on pasta, of course, but you can also use it as a sauce for chicken or instead of marinara sauce in lasagna. Lasagna with alfredo sauce is soooooo good!
You have never tasted anything quite like this alfredo sauce. If you don’t like alfredo, this will make you change your mind about it. If you like alfredo, you will never go back to store-bought alfredo ever again after trying my Best Alfredo Sauce Recipe.
Best Alfredo Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 2 cups half and half cream
- 2 cups shredded Parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt (only if you use unsalted butter)
- freshly chopped parsley, if desired
Instructions
- Melt the butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add the garlic and saute for about 1 minute. Whisk in the flour and stir for 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in the half and half. Turn heat to medium-high and whisk occasionally until the mixture comes to a slow boil. Reduce heat to simmer and stir in the cheese; stir until melted. Add salt only if you have used unsalted butter. Add about 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley, if desired.
- Use Alfredo sauce immediately for your recipe, or refrigerate (covered) until ready to serve. Sauce will stay nicely in the refrigerator for about 1 week.
This recipe comes from RecipeBoy.com
This looks good – thanks!
Simple and Quick
It is the best! Thank you, I have hubby and sons that loved it. Thank you. S.
Glad you liked it!
This is my go to Alfredo recipe
Its good. I like it better with cream for consistency but this sauce was good. I really enjoyed it
This was the best! Not by any means trying to change the recipe before I tried it, but being 30 miles from a grocery store…….. I only had 1 cup of heavy cream left so i used it and 1 cup of milk and like 2 ounces of cream cheese. I was worried it wouldn’t thicken up, but was the BOMB. Great job Brooks!!!
I had a similar situation here, only there’s a snowstorm raging outside today and I only had 2% milk. I added a couple tablespoons of sour cream and that made it just as rich as if I had used cream. Wonderful sauce!
Could I can this in a water bath or would it need pressure canned?
I don’t know anything about canning, so I can’t help you there- sorry!
I’m getting ready to fix it for the 1st I’ve, I hope it taste as good as it looks!! I’m going to put chicken on top of the pasta and sauce. Wish me luck
Can you us Parmesan in a can? I don’t have shredded Parmesan
I think that would be fine.
I had half and half and shredded Parmesan for a different recipe that I ended up not making. Looked for a recipe for Alfredo just to make something quick for dinner with lemon pepper chicken, pasta, and steamed broccoli. I am SO glad I tried this! Absolutely delicious! I did add some black pepper at the end, other than that I stuck to the recipe. I will make this again and again. Thank you!
Looks good but I am pretty sure I have the best Aflredo Sauce ever 🙂 Happy to share notes
OMG! This is the best Alfredo I’ve ever had! Definitely going to make this every week!
This is my go-to alfredo sauce recipe! So yummy and easy. I especially like that it calls for half and half rather than heavy cream. Thank you for this recipe!
Was looking for a recipe that didn’t use heavy whipping cream and found this. It was so easy to make. Went great with my grilled chicken breast.
Thank you.
This is THE BEST alfredo sauce I’ve ever made!!! Thanks!! It’s just the right consistency and even my VERY picky daughter loves it. <3
This was easy and delicious
Thank you!!
Made this for the first time. It was quick and easy. I modified a little based on what I had on hand. 12 oz half and half and 2 oz cream cheese and added a pinch of red pepper flakes. Threw in some shrimp and clams. My husband LOVED it. Thank you!